Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-11-25
News in Brief.

A VIGOROUS effort is being made at st.
| Louis to abolish the study of German in
| the public schools.
ALL the ring leaders of the recent re-
| volt among the Crow Indians of Montana
| having been either killed or captured by
the militia, the "war" is at an end.
A HEAVY frost, Thursday night, did con-
| siderable damage to cotton throughout
the northern part of Texas.
| AT Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, the Des
| Moines and Osceola railroad was sold by
order of court, M. B. V. Edgerly, of
Springfield, purchasing it for $305,00O.
THE friends aud ssmpathizers of the
| executed anarchists to the number of
about 5000, attended the funeral on Sun
day. There was no disturbance.
THERE is much excitement in Arizona
Territory over an alleged rich gold ois-
covery near Prescott, the indications be-
ing that it is one of the most valuable
gold mines in the world.
The United States government is
loser to the amount of $4,000 by the
burning of buildings and other property
of the Cheyenne River Agency at Fort
Bennett, d. T.
having become involved in personal con-
troversy with his superior officer, the sec
retary of the interior, has resigned the
office of United States land commits
sioner.
In the cas-, of the drive-weli patent,
appealed to the United States supreme
court for Iowa, the advisability of the pat
ent has been declared. This disposes of
the claims of Hovey, the alleged patentee,
fer damages for infringement
In the Joliet Penitentiary Schwab and
Fielden, the anarchists, were assigned to
work, the latter in the marble shop, under
contractors who are his friends, and
Schwab in the bakery, whele he will as
sist in kneading dough.
The Pennsylvania railroad com pany
has decided to establish for its employ
es a trust savings fund, in which amounts
from So upward may be deposited, and
draw per cent. per annum interest.
TIE strike CT he brakemen on the
Iowa ana Dakota division of the Chicago,
Milwaukee d st. Paul was ended Wednes-
day, the management granting the de-
mands of the men, viz: the reinstate-
ment of Brakeman Boone and abolition
of double-headers, except in cases of
great necessity.
THE movement in the knights of Labor
organization against the executive board
is said to be making rapid progress. 1t
is reported that hundreds of local assem-
blies and dozens of district assemblies
have refused to pay any more money for
the support of the present administra-
ton.
MANDAMUs has been applied for at
Wilkesbarre, Pa, to compel the Susque-
hanna Coal Company to exhume the
bodies of twentysix colliers buried in
No. slope of that company's mine at
Neuticoke in December, 1885. The cost
of digging out the bodies is figured at
S250,OOO
JUSTICE SoHwAB and others of New
York, have appealed to the "toilers of
the world" to raiso a fund for the main
tedance of the families of the Chicago
anarchists, who in future will be known
as the wards of liberty"
AT Salem, Mass, Wednesday, the COM
mi.tee having the matter in hand decided
to present to John Greeuleaf Whittier,
on the occasion of his S0th birthday, a
suitably inscribed memorial, to be signed
by the public men of Massachusetts,, the
governor, senator's and members of con-
gress, in grateful recognition of the po-
cts services to the commonwealth and the
nation.